A voter survey scam is circulating in Ontario ahead of upcoming elections. There are two upcoming elections in Ontario. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned as Liberal leader, possibly pushing the date of the next federal election. An early Ontario election is expected to be called next week sending voters to the polls on Feb. 27. […]
I just lean towards it being a scam. I did some searching as well and couldn’t identify the organization behind “Voter Research Services”. If it was legitimate, they’d make that information readily available on some website.
I think text message scammers consider it valuable information to find out if there is actually a person behind a phone number, so if they are scammers, even your first reply validated your number as a target for future unrelated scams.
Those texts may not be in compliance with CRIC standards, but do we know for sure it’s a scam? I got this message and respnded, the followup was:
To which I responded with a nearby postal code (not my actual one). Then the response was “Thank you for completing the survey”.
I just lean towards it being a scam. I did some searching as well and couldn’t identify the organization behind “Voter Research Services”. If it was legitimate, they’d make that information readily available on some website. I think text message scammers consider it valuable information to find out if there is actually a person behind a phone number, so if they are scammers, even your first reply validated your number as a target for future unrelated scams.